The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1887-10-27
PICKET SHOTS.
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.
Personal.

Personal.
B. F. Barton, Fifer, Co. II, 61st H., expresses
the wish that if any Of his old comrades are
living they will como out of their holes and
bark.
W. NJ. Ross. 59th and seth H., Fall Brook,
Cal. was much interested in the case of Com
rade Yeomans, rs his own was very similar.
The writer was shot through the right shoulder,
the ball SCATTERING the joint. Erysipclas set in,
resulting in the anchylosis of the elbow joint.
From this point the sulferings from the wound
have been much like those described by Com
rade Yeoman; GOODNESS of the arm, emaciatiOn
of the arm and shoulder loss of weight of body,
and hemorrhages of the lungs. He found tenn
porary relief by removal to the dry climate of
California but has constantly before him the
positive certainty of death at not remote
period. He thinks the Pension Bureau should
recognize the physical effects which often fol-
low severe wound, aside from the nero Grip
ping by the wound itself.
Chas II. Oaks, Co. X, 18th Ky, Greenville,
XIV, writes a good word for Hon. w. G. Hunter.
Member of COngrcss-elect from Kentucky, who
has proved himself q good friend of the SOL
diers
III. /. Whitehouse, Captain, Co. B. 10Th KY,
Mitchellsburg, KY, regrets his inability to at
tend the Encampment at st. LOais, where he
would have enjoyed meeting his old comrades.
He is always rejOiced 10 hear from any of
them through THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, and
hopes they will keep up the fire.
Geo. Gift, cd Ohio, Milledgeville, Ill, would
be glad TO hear from any of his old comrades
of Co. +.
F.M. Huffman, Co. ID, Sd W. Va, Fellowsville,
w. Va. would like to hear from some of his
comrades of MilrOy's Brigade, Sigel's Corps,
who were engaged in the second battle of Bull
Run. The brigade consisted Of the I'd, Sd and
9Th w. Va, and the SD Ohio, commanded by
Col Cantwell of the latter regiment, who fell
on the Goth of August The writer would like
especially TO hear from some of the men who
were wounded and lay on the field with him
for seven days and nights, and were then re-
moved TO Georgetown College Hospital. West
Washington; also, the whereabouts of DR.. Smith,
who took charge of Ward No. in said hos
pital after the death of DIR. Hilmer also, of Miss
Miller and James III. Pearce, who were nurses
in that ward.
Jacob Steiger, Co. ], 10th Ohio, College
Mound, Mo-, wonders what has become of all
his old comrades. He would be glad to see
more from them in THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
Wallace Wiliett, Co. h, l52d H., Vernon, ILL.,,
writes that he belonged to the 1865 crop of
soldiers. lie was too young to go before that
time, and when he did enlist was only boy
attending school, bnt lie shouldered his mus
ket and went TO the front, although the war
was near its end, SO that his regiment did not
see battle. The only fighting they had was
with musketos and graybacks, in which they
were engaged for about seven months.
Mrs. Sarah Kennedy Downer, gainesville,
Estate not giveu,) sends brief communication
in support of the claim that her brother. Col.
Il. j. Kennedy, (now dead, was the first Union
volunteer in the late war.
Milton III. Wayne, Co. A, Goth Wis, and Co.
c, 9th Invalid Corps, ROyaltOn, Mimi, would
be very glad TO hear from any comrade OF the
9Th Reserve Corps, which did duty at Prison
Camp, Indianapolis, who can call to mind the
circumstances of one of the guard being injured
by the careless discharge Of gun in the hands
OF one of his cOmrades when the guns were be-
ing fired after guard mounting, about Feb. 10
1865.
Simon NJ Mccullough, Forest, Ind, who was
on the gunbOat Alabama when she blew up,
would be pleased 10 hear from any of the sur
yivors.
was a good deal Z" riled" by reading the speech
of Gen. Butler favoring pensions to the rebels
The writer says such proposition is too absurd
10 be considered for moment.
A. l.. Harmon, Co. L, 10th Ohio Cav, lola
Kan, would be glad TO correspond with some
comrade living in Sonora, Cal.
Information asked and Given.
B. S. Loser. Saratoga Springs, NJ Y, asks il
any comrade knows the number of the regi'
ment in which one Chas. Bacon served also
the company and name of the Captain.
Thomas Brownlee, Three Springs, State not
| given,) inquiries the whereabouts of Lieut.
Hunt Co. i, lst n. J. Cav, or any other mem
Der of that company.
| Mrs Adeline Hull, Box 220 Naugatuck
Conn, asks information of Bennett w. Painter
who left Plymouth, I.itchfeld Co.. Conn, fol
Montana some time before the war. She ma:
not heard from him since. She thinks hc
served in the army, and IS now somewhere II
| the West. If living, correspondence with hin
is necessary for the settlement OF an estate. Any
| information concerning him will DC thankfully
received.
J. ii. Eberth, Co. C, lOlst Ohio replying Il
the request of Nelson II. Fulton says the al
dress of Silas Il. ANYWAY is PASSPORT, Antrim
Co., Mich.
Solomon Yeakel, WeisspOrt, Pa, is informed
that the Sixth Corps badge has not gone on
of existence" The survivors wear, and ar,
entitled to DO So, the same badge they wOr
during the war.
A. w. Mann, Co. c, Goth Ohio, Burr Oak
Kan, asks if any reader of THE NATIONAL
| tribune who belonged to the lst W. Va. Cav
knew his brother, Miles L. Mann, and wha
became of him. He enlisted i'll July, 1868, il
Virginia. Any information will be thankful.
received.
| Lost and Found.
VIM. Leonard, Co. G, 3Sth Ill, Fort Scott
Kan, will be under many obligations for tn
return of his discharge, which was lost a
Springfield, Ill.
A. Il. Hutchison, Captain, 10th Pa, Waverly
Kan, has the following papers which he wOulC
be glad 10 restore TO their owners: Pension Ger
tiiicate of Jerry Scanlon, Co. i, I'D Ohio. Whei
last heard from he was living at Wynne Ark
Also, the discharge of Chas. L. Starkweather
now dead, Co. d. 43d No; and letters to Eliz
j. Starkweather, his wife. He was last hear,
from Mt some point in Cherokee County, Kan.
C. +. fdmunds, Marshheld, Ore, has II media
given TO Irwin NJ. Ebrcht by the State of Obi
as a member of Go. +, 18th Ohio. He will
gladly restore it to the owner or his friends.
Fred l.. kopp, 4th Ohio, Gallon, o., has
corps badge of the First Division, Second Corps
belonging TO John Il. Lebkicker, of the 79tl
Pa. 1t was picked up on the battlefield of Get
tysburg. If the comrade is alive he can hav
it by addressing as above, or it will be Delivers
TO any of his friends.
Jerry Blosier, Co. L, 9th Ohio Cav, Bucyrus
o., wonders whether the soldier who got hi
silver bugle at the barracks in Louisville, Ky
early in 1864, would not feel better if he re
turned it to him, or write and tell him wha
became of it. He says it was one of the IT
Pa. Cav. who took it.
Give Them Their Due.
L. A. Pendleton, 9th Ohio battery, Water
bury, Conn, advocates the following plan 70
the payment of pensions: Taking the soldier
age at the time of his discharge, let the Govern
ment pay him a pension OF 50 month, begin
ming, say, "a years from the close of the wal